Septicaemia after Colonoscopy Due to an Iliac Artery Aneurysm

K. D. Vellacott

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1018525

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Endoscopy 1984; 16(1): 35
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018525

Septicaemia after Colonoscopy Due to an Iliac Artery Aneurysm

K.D. Vellacott

Senior Surgical Registrar, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol

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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Transient bacteraemia following colonoscopy is very rare after colonoscopy though endotoxaemia without clinical consequences may occur in about 9 % of patients (1, 2). An unusual case of septicaemia after colonoscopy associated with an iliac artery aneurysm is reported.

Key words:

Iliac artery aneurysm - Bacteraemia following colonoscopy - Septicaemia